Mardin – Staden där språk och religioner möts
Mardin, där människor har levt sedan förhistorisk tid, är en av de platser där kristendomen först spreds. Assyrierna som bor här är också det första samhället som accepterade denna religion. Idag ser du alla religioner sida vid sida i Mardin. I hur många andra städer kan du se Artuqid-moskéer och syriska kloster bredvid varandra?
Staden införlivades i de islamiska länderna på 700-talet under Omar, den andra kalifen efter profeten Muhammed. Artukiderna, Akkoyunlular och Osmanerna, en gren av seljukerna, förde också den turkisk-islamiska identiteten till regionen. Denna plats fungerade också som huvudstad för Artukiderna under en tid. Att promenera bland stenbyggnaderna, som har bevittnat tusentals år av historia här och vars skuggor inte rör vid varandra, får en att känna sig som att kliva in i en saga.
Senantika och medeltida kyrko-kloster (Mor Sobo-kyrkan, Jungfru Maria-kyrkan (Yoldath Aloho), Deyrulzafaran-klostret, Mor Gabriel-klostret, Mor Abai-klostret, Mor Loozor-klostret, Mor Yakup-klostret, Mor Quryaqos-kyrkan och Mor Azozo-kyrkan) finns på UNESCO:s tentativa världsarvslista, och jag ser fram emot att se dessa strukturer på den permanenta listan så snart som möjligt.
De unika välvda passagerna på dess gator, så kallade abbara, är stadens särskilda textursymbol. De går under husen på många ställen och verkar korsa varandra. Här är språk och religioner sammanflätade. Både kloster, moskéer och gravar lever sida vid sida, arm i arm, i samma stad.
Platser att se i Mardin
Kasımiye Madrasa
Byggandet av madrasan, som är den största utbildningsstrukturen i staden, påbörjades under Artuqid-perioden. Madrasan, som inte kunde färdigställas under lång tid, slutfördes på 1400-talet under Akkoyunlu-perioden. Fontänen inne i madrasan byggdes enligt mystikens filosofi. Med vattnets flöde avbildas människolivet från födelse till död och därefter. Enligt rykten mördades Kasım Pasha, som färdigställde madrasan, på gårdsplanen till denna plats. Hans syster sörjde och slog hans blodiga skjorta mot madrasans väggar i smärta. Det sägs att de mörkröda fläckarna på väggarna kommer från den dagen.
Zinciriye (Sultan Isa) Madrasa
Zinciriye Madrasa byggdes 1385 av den siste Artuqid-sultanen, Melik Necmettin Isa Bin Muzaffer Davud Bin El Melik. Den byggdes på en hög nivå med tanken att den skulle användas som ett observatorium. Den har fått sitt namn både från sultanen och från kedjan som sträcks mellan de två kupolerna.
Mardin-hus
Mardin är en stad med unika hus. Husen, som beskrivs som nordlig syrisk stil, är gjorda av gul kalksten, utan användning av puts, och deras skuggor faller inte på varandra bakom dörrarna som öppnar sig mot Mesopotamiska slätten. De är dekorerade som spetsar både utvändigt och invändigt och visar de vackraste exemplen på elegant stenarbete.
Deyrulzafaran-klostret
Historien om Deyrulzafaran-klostret går tillbaka till 4000 f.Kr. Denna plats byggdes först som ett tempel av assyrierna som dyrkade solen. Senare gjorde romarna tillägg till denna struktur. Klostret liknar medeltida byggnader som reser sig mitt i stäppen. Sättet som munkar och studenter levde i klostret fortsätter som det var för hundratals år sedan. Stenmurarna, som en gång hade saffrans färg, har nu ändrat färg på grund av damm och jord som trängt in i dem. Det kallas saffran eftersom saffransblommor blommade i dessa berg för hundratals år sedan. När Deyrulzafaran byggdes användes saffransblommor i dess puts för att ge färg åt väggarna. Klostret fick sitt namn från de saffransblommor som användes i dess konstruktion.
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